Create and Configure a KVM Guest
A Priori:
(in our example, kvm1 is the host machine and s81rh4 is the guest machine.)
1. Become root.
[bluemedora@kvm1 /]$ su -
2. Create an empty image with ‘qcow2‘ formatting, pass guest image location and size.
[root@kvm1 ~]# qemu-img create -f qcow2 /var/lib/libvirt/images
/CentOS4.img 5G
3. Optionally, export your mouse control (not all systems require this).
[root@kvm1 ~]# export SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0
4. Start image from virtual hda and virtual cdrom drive attached. Pass cdrom media location, memory size, and boot device.
[root@kvm1 ~]# qemu-kvm -hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/CentOS4.img -cdrom
/home/bluemedora/Desktop/CentOS-4.6-i386-binDVD.iso -m 1024 -boot d
(At this point the guest should be booting from the cdrom media location.)
5. Format the virtual hard drive, install the guest operating system. Execute a clean shutdown on guest.
6. Boot the guest from the virtual hda to confirm correct configuration. Pass guest image location.
[root@kvm1 ~]# qemu-kvm -hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/CentOS4.img(At this point, the guest should be running without networking configured.)
7. Configure eth0 interface on the guest.
[root@s81rh4 ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
Edit the file to conform to the below example. (your numbers may differ)
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
BROADCAST=10.66.3.255
IPADDR=10.66.3.25
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
HWADDR=52:54:00:12:34:56
NETWORK=10.66.3.0
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
8. Execute a clean shutdown on guest.
9. Configure eth0 network interface on the host.
[root@kvm1 ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
Edit the file to conform to the below example. (your numbers may differ)
# Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5722 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
DEVICE=eth0
BRIDGE=vnet0
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=10.66.3.255
HWADDR=00:26:B9:8E:84:A3
IPADDR=10.66.3.23
IPV6INIT=yes
IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=10.66.3.0
ONBOOT=yes
GATEWAY=10.66.3.1
TYPE=Ethernet
10. Create and configure a network bridge on the host.
[root@kvm1 ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-vnet0
Edit the file to conform to the below example. (your numbers may differ)
# This is a virtual interface configured for KVM
DEVICE=vnet0
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=10.66.3.255
IPADDR=10.66.3.23
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=10.66.3.0
ONBOOT=yes
GATEWAY=10.66.3.1
11. Create a script on the host that will create a network tap and add it to the network bridge at host boot time.
[root@kvm1 ~]# vi /etc/init.d/tap-config
Edit the file to conform to the below example. (your numbers may differ)
# create a network tap tunctl; # activate the tap ifconfig tap0 up; # add the tap interface to the existing bridge ‘vnet0’ brctl addif vnet0 tap0;
# KVM known issues may require exporting the mouse (add the following line if necessary) export SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0;
12. Create a link to the above script.
[root@kvm1 /]# touch /etc/rc5.d/S99tap-config[root@kvm1 /]# ln -s /etc/init.d/tap-config /etc/rc5.d/S99tap-config
13. Reboot the host.
[root@kvm1 /]# shutdown -r now
14. Become root.
[bluemedora@kvm1 /]$ su -
15. You should now be able to start the guest with proper network configuration. Pass hda, the memory size, a network interface, and a network tap.
[root@kvm1 ~]# qemu-kvm -hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/CentOS4.img -m 1024
-net nic -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=no
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